what do you call it?
July 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm , by Lynse Leanne
I asked last night on twitter and got major response….but i want more answers….so….
Remember….Breathe
June 28, 2009 at 7:03 pm , by Lynse Leanne
Summer Camp
June 26, 2009 at 8:37 am , by Lynse Leanne
My husband and I were talking the other day about summer camp. A ton of the Jr. High students that are in our small groups are at summer camp or going to summer camp.
The only summer camp i have ever been to was a week long church camp. But it was so fun! There is something about going for a whole week, and not a weekend that is fun, it promoted unity in my group of friend, it allowed down time to just chill….and i personally think there is something powerful in getting away from your parents for an entire week.
My favourite camp memory was when my youth group _tag went to Keystone resort in Colorado for Coram Deo (Summer Camp)….i know, a ski resort for camp….tough life. But one night we decided that we wanted to be the girls in camp that pulled a prank. So we didnt have too much resources so we took newspapers and packing tape and taped all of the newspapers to our youth pastors car with a note that had several demands to be met or we would bring the pranks back to the Springs (Colorado Springs). We were convinced that we were going to get caught in the process, one of the staff leaders was like right there is a breezeway and we were hiding behind a little shack and one of my friends was laughing so hard she peed….and i wont tell you her name bc that would break the bond of secrecy. But that is one of my favourite camp memories….the friendship and the fun and the memories….facilitated by summer camp…a week away. so so so much fun!
Thursday swap - loving people
June 25, 2009 at 3:34 am , by Lynse Leanne
lynse said i could write a blurb about myself because i got my post to her super late. sorry, girl. um. so…my name is tam. i write over at inProgress. i live in southern oregon and am married to an amazing man who is a fantabulous daddy and smashing hubs. i have a 15 yr old daughter and 12 yr old son. and a dog. that you can have. like, for free. serious.
moving on…
lynse asked yesterday why is it so hard to simply love Gods Church. His people.
that is a real good question. our church sign reads…
Table Rock Fellowship - Love God. Love People.
pure and simple. i do know that when you love people, you love God. i get that. but do we really love people? or do we pretend? do we say all the right things and act appropriately in the right places at the right time? in other words, can we truly love people if we’re not being authentic?
i think that is why it is so hard to love people. not all people. obviously, there are those that are easy to love…family, best friends. but the reaching out part, the part where we are to go and rub shoulders with the Church. hold on now - that might be uncomfy. but why? i think its because we’re afraid to be ourselves. and that could be for many reasons. maybe we’re people pleasers and are afraid of rejection. maybe we’re worried that if someone knew who we really were they would shun us. bottom line…we’re making life too much about ourselves and not enough about others. i really dont see it any other way. and im speaking to myself here more than anyone else.
so, what to do. get real with ourselves? come face to face with who we really are and lay it before God? perhaps, reconciling yourself with your past, forgiving yourself is in order?
i dont know. im really just throwing things out there. am i totally off? do you have any other thoughts here?
Love my Church
June 23, 2009 at 12:16 pm , by Lynse Leanne
Yesterday was my day off. I spent most of the morning laying in my bed praying and journaling despite the power outage that was at our apartments.
I was praying for Chad, for me, for us…for vision, for direction, for what to do. We both have huge dreams. Huge…bigger than we are. bigger than we can understand or even think about doing.
And as i was praying i felt the still small voice speak to me and say
“Lynse, just love my church.”
And that was it. it was a simple, yet peaceful statement. It brought clarity.
It is just that simple…God has called us all to do great things, but the only way that can happen is if we love His Church…not your church, not your mamas church….the Church, Gods Church…his people.
Just love His Church.
But why do you think it is so hard to simply love His Church?
